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US-12247753

HVAC system zoning protection

PublishedMarch 11, 2025
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Technical Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for monitoring an HVAC system. One of the methods includes receiving pressure data from one or more sensors monitoring a supply air duct of an HVAC system at a property that indicates a pressure in the HVAC system; determining, using the pressure data, that the pressure satisfies a pressure threshold for the HVAC system; and in response to determining that the pressure satisfies the pressure threshold, adjusting an actuator-controlled damper between the supply air duct and a return air duct or adjusting a fan speed of the HVAC system.

Patent Claims
18 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising: receiving sensor data representing an error with a component of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system implementing a control setting of the HVAC system, the control setting previously provided by a link module located at a monitored property and to the component as part of control information for the monitored property that includes the HVAC system, the component from a plurality of components that implement the HVAC system, wherein the link module communicates with the HVAC using a local network at the monitor property, and the link module automatically sends data pertaining to controlling settings of the HVAC system to a remote system away from the monitored property; in response to receiving the sensor data representing the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system, obtaining, from the remote system, data representing: (i) the control setting provided by the link module and (ii) a response provided by the component of the HVAC system to the link module; generating, using the sensor data and the data representing (i) the control setting provided by the link module and (ii) the response provided by the component of the HVAC system to the link module, a classification of a status of the component of the HVAC system; generating an alert a) corresponding to the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system, and b) that comprises the classification of the status of the component of the HVAC system; and providing the alert corresponding to the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system to a device to cause the device to present information about the error.

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2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the operations comprise: providing, to the HVAC system, the control information that comprises the control setting of the HVAC system of the monitored property, wherein receiving the sensor data representing the error with the component of the HVAC system occurs in response to providing the control information to the HVAC system.

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3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein receiving the sensor data comprises receiving the sensor data from a camera, a microphone, a motion sensor, a pressure sensor, or an airflow sensor.

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4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the operations comprise: transmitting the classification or the sensor data to a database; receiving a second error associated with a second HVAC system; retrieving the classification or the sensor data from the database; and comparing the classification or the sensor data with the second error associated with the second HVAC system.

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5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the operations comprise: determining a part commonly used to fix the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system; determining whether the part is in stock; and in response to determining that the part is in stock, causing delivery of the part to the monitored property.

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6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the classification of the status of the component of the HVAC system comprises a classification label indicating a category of the error with the component of the HVAC system.

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7. A system comprising one or more computers and one or more storage devices on which are stored instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising: receiving sensor data representing an error with a component of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system implementing a control setting of the HVAC system, the control setting previously provided by a link module located at a monitored property and to the component as part of control information for the monitored property that includes the HVAC system, the component from a plurality of components that implement the HVAC system, wherein the link module communicates with the HVAC using a local network at the monitor property, and the link module automatically sends data pertaining to controlling settings of the HVAC system to a remote system away from the monitored property; in response to receiving the sensor data representing the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system, obtaining, from the remote system, data representing: (i) the control setting provided by the link module and (ii) a response provided by the component of the HVAC system to the link module; generating, using the sensor data and the data representing (i) the control setting provided by the link module and (ii) the response provided by the component of the HVAC system to the link module, a classification of a status of the component of the HVAC system; generating an alert a) corresponding to the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system, and b) that comprises the classification of the status of the component of the HVAC system; and providing the alert corresponding to the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system to a device to cause the device to present information about the error.

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8. The system of claim 7, the operations comprise: providing, to the HVAC system, the control information that comprises the control setting of the HVAC system of the monitored property, wherein receiving the sensor data representing the error with the component of the HVAC system occurs in response to providing the control information to the HVAC system.

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9. The system of claim 7, wherein receiving the sensor data comprises receiving the sensor data from a camera, a microphone, a motion sensor, a pressure sensor, or an airflow sensor.

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10. The system of claim 7, the operations comprise: transmitting the classification or the sensor data to a database; receiving a second error associated with a second HVAC system; retrieving the classification or the sensor data from the database; and comparing the classification or the sensor data with the second error associated with the second HVAC system.

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11. The system of claim 7, the operations comprise: determining a part commonly used to fix the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system; determining whether the part is in stock; and in response to determining that the part is in stock, causing delivery of the part to the monitored property.

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12. The system of claim 7, wherein the classification of the status of the component of the HVAC system comprises a classification label indicating a category of the error with the component of the HVAC system.

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13. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving sensor data representing an error with a component of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system implementing a control setting of the HVAC system, the control setting previously provided by a link module located at a monitored property and to the component as part of control information for the monitored property that includes the HVAC system, the component from a plurality of components that implement the HVAC system, wherein the link module communicates with the HVAC using a local network at the monitor property, and the link module automatically sends data pertaining to controlling settings of the HVAC system to a remote system away from the monitored property; in response to receiving the sensor data representing the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system, obtaining, from the remote system, data representing: (i) the control setting provided by the link module and (ii) a response provided by the component of the HVAC system to the link module; generating, using the sensor data and the data representing (i) the control setting provided by the link module and (ii) the response provided by the component of the HVAC system to the link module, a classification of a status of the component of the HVAC system; generating an alert a) corresponding to the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system, and b) that comprises the classification of the status of the component of the HVAC system; and providing the alert corresponding to the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system to a device to cause the device to present information about the error.

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14. The method of claim 13, comprising: providing, to the HVAC system, the control information that comprises the control setting of the HVAC system of the monitored property, wherein receiving the sensor data representing the error with the component of the HVAC system occurs in response to providing the control information to the HVAC system.

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15. The method of claim 13, wherein receiving the sensor data comprises receiving the sensor data from a camera, a microphone, a motion sensor, a pressure sensor, or an airflow sensor.

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16. The method of claim 13, comprising: determining a part commonly used to fix the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system; determining whether the part is in stock; and, in response to determining that the part is in stock, causing delivery of the part to the monitored property.

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17. The method of claim 13, wherein the classification of the status of the component of the HVAC system comprises a classification label indicating a category of the error with the component of the HVAC system.

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18. The method of claim 13, comprising: transmitting the classification or the sensor data to a database; receiving a second error associated with a second HVAC system; retrieving the classification or the sensor data from the database; and comparing the classification or the sensor data with the second error associated with the second HVAC system.

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Filing Date

July 13, 2023

Publication Date

March 11, 2025

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